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2024-10-26 @ 9:35 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT00513708
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2020-10-14
First Post:
2007-08-07
Brief Title:
Facilitating Aftercare for Alcohol Detox Patients
Sponsor:
State University of New York at Buffalo
Organization:
State University of New York at Buffalo
Study Overview
Official Title:
Helping Alcoholics Link to Substance Abuse Treatment Programs After Being in the Hospital for Detoxification
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2020-10
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether peer visits known as 12th Step Calls and professional counselors using Motivational Enhancement Therapy are effective helping alcoholics link to substance abuse treatment programs after being in the hospital for detox
Detailed Description:
For those with an alcohol use disorder the decision to seek detoxification treatment often represents a desire or willingness to change drinking behavior This gives clinicians with the opportunity to intervene and improve the lives of these individuals Even patients admitted involuntarily or who have been coerced may be amenable to change Therefore inpatient alcohol detoxification treatment offers an opportunity to prepare these patients for and link them with aftercare treatment
Unfortunately clinicians have little to guide them on how the current standard of care for alcohol detoxification might be improved Improvement in clinical practice is ideally driven by clinical research but there is little recent published information to guide the development of evidence-based pharmacological or psychological practices or interventions in detoxification settings As a result alcohol detoxification treatment has changed little over the past 25 years
Taken as a whole the literature suggests that the outcomes of inpatient detoxification are less than optimal A limited number of published studies suggest that a majority of these patients are not linked to any aftercare following inpatient detoxification treatment and return to drinking within a few weeks of hospital discharge However there is some evidence to suggest that interventions performed while the patient is hospitalized could encourage patients to initiate involvement in aftercare ie professional treatment andor mutual self-help following hospitalization and to decrease drinking or initiate abstinence Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Twelve-Step Facilitation are two interventions that show promise
The study proposed in this study addresses this issue by testing two brief interventions Motivation Enhancement Therapy MET and Peer-Twelve Step Facilitation P-TSF also known as 12th Step Calls which have shown potential to enhance initiation of a period of abstinence and engagement in treatment andor self-help programs among alcohol detoxification patients
Unfortunately clinicians have little to guide them on how the current standard of care for alcohol detoxification might be improved Improvement in clinical practice is ideally driven by clinical research but there is little recent published information to guide the development of evidence-based pharmacological or psychological practices or interventions in detoxification settings As a result alcohol detoxification treatment has changed little over the past 25 years
Taken as a whole the literature suggests that the outcomes of inpatient detoxification are less than optimal A limited number of published studies suggest that a majority of these patients are not linked to any aftercare following inpatient detoxification treatment and return to drinking within a few weeks of hospital discharge However there is some evidence to suggest that interventions performed while the patient is hospitalized could encourage patients to initiate involvement in aftercare ie professional treatment andor mutual self-help following hospitalization and to decrease drinking or initiate abstinence Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Twelve-Step Facilitation are two interventions that show promise
The study proposed in this study addresses this issue by testing two brief interventions Motivation Enhancement Therapy MET and Peer-Twelve Step Facilitation P-TSF also known as 12th Step Calls which have shown potential to enhance initiation of a period of abstinence and engagement in treatment andor self-help programs among alcohol detoxification patients
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None
Secondary IDs
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| K23AA015616 | NIH | None | httpsreporternihgovquickSearchK23AA015616 |